sold at least by the 

 middle of Mcintosh sea- 

 son. Frequently, the 

 quality of apples pur- 

 chased from roadside 

 stands is very high. 

 Growers attempt to main- 

 tain this quality by har- 

 vesting fruit at optimum 

 quality and store it appro- 

 priately in cold storage. 

 Unfortunately, many con- 

 sumers who purchase 

 apples take them home 

 and put them in a fruit 

 bowl. One fact that this 

 study vividly pointed out 

 was that storing fruit at 

 room temperature for 7 

 days, especially after stor- 

 age, may result in exces- 

 sive deterioration of the 

 quality of fruit, and thus 

 potentially influencing 

 return sales of later 

 maturing fruit. 



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Figure 4. Flesh fimmess of Paulared fruit immediately following (at harvest), 

 2,4,6, and 8 weeks of storage at 32^ (represented by the first point of each line) 

 and after 1 week at room temperature (represented by the second point of each 



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